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<blockquote data-quote="douglas99" data-source="post: 706402" data-attributes="member: 38028"><p>It's an interesting question.</p><p>I'm firmly wanting to stay exactly where I am, in HbA1c, fasting levels, and peaks and troughs.</p><p></p><p>I think the subject, of the in depth study of BG, and diet, is too new, and any data is from my generation, so by definition there can't be any long term study, as we're it..</p><p>I'm diabetic, so even the study of the 'normal' population may not apply to me in the end.</p><p></p><p>But, I know uncontrolled diabetes is bad.</p><p>I know that direct complications come from having too much BG in the blood.</p><p>So some effects are a straight causality, so those I can hope to avoid.</p><p>None diabetics don't get them, so if I keep my BG in the normal range, hopefully I won't. But normal will do me, I don't need to go lower.</p><p>Indeed, as some data shows, low in itself may link to some other effects.</p><p>But it's all unproven so far, and could simply be two side effects of an unknown third cause for all I know.</p><p></p><p>So I've decided to go for the same numbers most other people have, who live an average life, with average illnesses, and average BG.</p><p>I seem to be able to hit the figures I hit, without devoting my life to it, I'm happy if it's 5's rather than 4's, as it's 'normal' for me by the look of it.</p><p>Maybe I'm wrong, I know I could force my BG down, but I'd be concentrating too hard on that, and I'd still only be 'normal' at the end of it.</p><p>Especially as you seem to have found, it's unproven good or bad.</p><p></p><p>I view any gain on my lifespan by good control as a bonus, so I'm not going to look back at the end and regret I could have got a year or two extra maybe, I'm going to look back at the extra decades (hopefully), and accept I did the best I could, based on my decisions on what I knew at the time.</p><p></p><p>It's the same on any gamble, my target on the stockmarket is always to sell in the top ten percent of gains, if I sell stock near the top, I'm happy at the gain I crystallise at the time, if it goes up again the next day, I'm not upset.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="douglas99, post: 706402, member: 38028"] It's an interesting question. I'm firmly wanting to stay exactly where I am, in HbA1c, fasting levels, and peaks and troughs. I think the subject, of the in depth study of BG, and diet, is too new, and any data is from my generation, so by definition there can't be any long term study, as we're it.. I'm diabetic, so even the study of the 'normal' population may not apply to me in the end. But, I know uncontrolled diabetes is bad. I know that direct complications come from having too much BG in the blood. So some effects are a straight causality, so those I can hope to avoid. None diabetics don't get them, so if I keep my BG in the normal range, hopefully I won't. But normal will do me, I don't need to go lower. Indeed, as some data shows, low in itself may link to some other effects. But it's all unproven so far, and could simply be two side effects of an unknown third cause for all I know. So I've decided to go for the same numbers most other people have, who live an average life, with average illnesses, and average BG. I seem to be able to hit the figures I hit, without devoting my life to it, I'm happy if it's 5's rather than 4's, as it's 'normal' for me by the look of it. Maybe I'm wrong, I know I could force my BG down, but I'd be concentrating too hard on that, and I'd still only be 'normal' at the end of it. Especially as you seem to have found, it's unproven good or bad. I view any gain on my lifespan by good control as a bonus, so I'm not going to look back at the end and regret I could have got a year or two extra maybe, I'm going to look back at the extra decades (hopefully), and accept I did the best I could, based on my decisions on what I knew at the time. It's the same on any gamble, my target on the stockmarket is always to sell in the top ten percent of gains, if I sell stock near the top, I'm happy at the gain I crystallise at the time, if it goes up again the next day, I'm not upset. [/QUOTE]
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